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Dr Neal Peres Da Costa is a Senior Lecturer and Chair of Early Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (University of Sydney), where he teaches early keyboards (clavichord, harpsichord, fortepiano, and chamber organ), directs the Conservatorium Early Music Ensemble and lectures in the area of historical performance. He is a highly-successful performing scholar with an extensive and distinguished discography.

Neil McEwan is a Lecturer in Conducting and Music Education at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, whose work over many years, which resulted in his doctoral study, has been in researching performing methods, particularly in early music and Gregorian chant, “choristers and listeners are fascinated how the old tenth century medieval notational signs and letters play such an amazing interpretive role in the singing and study of Gregorian chant. ”.

Early Music

Summary

Research in early music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music encompasses a wide span of Western Art music and genres, bringing new perspectives to musical interpretation and technique based on evidence of historical performing practices, pedagogy and organology.

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Masters/PHD

Synopsis

The Early Music Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music offers postgraduate training to both scholars and performers, covering a wide range of teaching and learning activities including specialist training in period or historical instruments; early vocal techniques; solo, chamber and orchestral performance opportunities; specialist courses in the area of performing practice; and lecture recitals and masterclasses by visiting professionals in the field. The unit focuses on the research and practical application of historical performing practices to vocal and instrumental music. It offers prospective postgraduate students the opportunity to develop diverse research areas, which expand the understanding of past performing styles and shed new light on interpretation, technique and repertoire. Research in early music is interdisciplinary bringing together the areas of applied musicology, organology and performance. Members of the unit are performing/scholars with national and/or international reputations in their particular area of expertise and with outputs that cover published and creative (performance/recording) research.